{"product_id":"overcome-by-modernity-9780691095486","title":"Overcome by Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines the work of a generation of Japanese intellectuals who, like their European counterparts, saw modernity as a spectacle of ceaseless change that uprooted the dominant historical culture from its fixed values and substituted a culture based on fantasy and desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harootunian is one of the leading intellectual historians of Japan... This is clearly an extremely erudite work ... by an author deeply familiar with his topic.\"--David G. Egler, History \"A truly significant book, perhaps even more important than Harootunian's earlier publications... Overcome by Modernity is without a doubt a significant and courageous book.\"--Sepp Linhart, Monumenta Nipponica \"[A] powerful study... Harootunian rejects the idea that fascism has had its epoch and is now only a historical problem.\"--Andrew Barshay, Journal of Japanese Studies \"A terrifically insightful and poignant evocation of Japan's tortured attempt to come to grips with the modern world.\"--Jeffrey E. Hanes, American Historical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  Acknowledgments xxxiii  Chapter 1 The Fantasy of Modern Life 3  Chapter 2 Overcoming Modernity 34  Chapter 3 Perceiving the Present 95  Chapter 4 The Persistence of Cultural Memory 202  Chapter 5 The Communal Body 293  Chapter 6 History's Actuality 358  Abbreviations 415  Notes 417  Index 433","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359104794967,"sku":"9780691095486","price":44.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691095486.jpg?v=1754123605","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/overcome-by-modernity-9780691095486","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}